The Davis Enterprise Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020

UCD plans on students returning for fall

Short and sweet Next Mondavi season will run January to June BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer The Mondavi Center at UC Davis has announced an abbreviated 2020-21 season, which will feature a mix of familiar favorites as well as several performers visiting Davis for the first time. “We believe this season, despite its shorter length, will be one to remember, a season that both delights and provokes, that brings the familiar and the brand new, and that is to the Mondavi Center’s mission: ‘Illuminate, Educate, Connect,’” said Don Roth, executive director of the Mondavi Center. “We also want our public to know that their safety and comfort is of paramount importance, and that we will be taking extraordinary measures to ensure their safety and comfort when they return to this magnificent venue.” Some highlights of the upcoming season: ■ Orchestra series. The Mozart Orchestra of New York, conducted by music director Gerard Schwartz, will play an all-Mozart program featuring three of the composer’s late symphonies

(Nos. 39, 40 and 41) on April 3. The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pavel Kogan and featuring piano soloist Vadym Kholodenko, will perform the Grieg Piano Concerto, the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 and Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes on Jan. 30. ■ Concert series. Italian pianist Beatrice Rana will perform music by Scriabin, Ravel and Chopin on April 10. And the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returns on Jan. 14 with saxophone soloist Branford Marsalis, in a program featuring short pieces by Rossini, Rodrigo, Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Turna and Bryan ■ Visions series. Writer/ performer Dahlek Brathwaite will present a program titled “Spirituals” — addressing topics including drug addiction, religion and the law — in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre on Jan. 21-23. The Fry Street Quartet — which features the traditional string quartet lineup of two violins, one viola and one cello, and plays both traditional and

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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain will visit the Mondavi Center on April 16. Below, Mexican dance company Delfos Danza Contemporanea comes to town on May 8. contemporary music — will perform in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre on April 7-8. The Curtis on Tour series (featuring artists from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia) will visit on March

14 with violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Peter Wiley. Classical pianist Christopher Taylor (who has performed at the Mondavi Center in the past) will perform Franz Liszt’s transcriptions of the nine Beethoven symphonies over a series of dates: April 25,

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UC Davis announced plans on Tuesday to welcome students back to campus this fall if county and state health guidelines permit, and plans to offer a mix of in-person and remote instruction. The university is committed to reducing health risks as the safety and well-being of the campus community are its priorities. “The benefits of a residential education go beyond classes and instruction,” said Chancellor Gary S. May. “We look forward to providing that experience for our students — all in keeping with the guidance of our health authorities.” Extensive planning and preparations for expanded on-site university operations will comprehensively address campus services and operations. These plans include student instruction; student housing and dining; as well as student programs and services. Provisions for symptom surveys, temperature checking and virus testing the community are being developed in alignment with guidance from public health officials.

In person and remote When fall quarter instruction starts Sept. 30, the campus plans to offer most courses remotely, though some courses will also be available in person, depending on health guidelines and instructor preference. As well, in-person instruction will occur for the small number of courses that cannot be delivered remotely, such as those requiring live performance

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Courtyard skilled-nursing facility May appoints new reports first coronavirus case UC Davis provost BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY

Special to The Enterprise

Enterprise staff writer A patient at the Courtyard Healthcare Center in Davis has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Courtyard, which provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services at its facility on East Eighth Street, said on its website that this is the only confirmed case at the center since the beginning of the pandemic. It is one of five longterm senior care facilities in the county to have a resident or staff member test positive for COVID-19 during the pandemic, though only the Stollwood Convalescent Hospital in Woodland experienced an outbreak, one which ultimately took 17 lives. All skilled nursing facilities in Yolo County are now

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Courtyard Healthcare Center, which provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services at East Eighth Street, announced the first coronavirus case this week. required to implement and submit to health officials a mitigation plan that includes baseline testing of all staff and residents by June 30, followed by monthly testing of all residents and staff thereafter, according to Brian Vaughn,

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the county’s director of public health. That required testing allowed the case at Courtyard to be caught before the virus could spread, according to Jenny Tan, Yolo

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UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May has selected Mary S. Croughan as the next provost and executive vice chancellor. Croughan will begin on July 1. Croughan is a seasoned administrator in higher education with 30 years of experience with the University of California and three years at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As UCD’s chief academic officer, a statement said, “her responsibilities will include partnering with deans and faculty to achieve excellence across our academic mission of education, research and service. This will include implementing the strategic plan, strengthening and supporting the research enterprise, advancing student achievement and success, and fostering collaboration across UC Davis and in our communities.” She will oversee the university budget and daily campus operations, and work with May to develop Aggie Square. “I’m thrilled that Mary will join my leadership team during such a pivotal time for higher education,” May said. “She has deep roots in academia, and

particularly with the UC CROUGHAN system as an administraTakes post tor and as a researcher in on July 1 public health. She knows the impact and value of UC Davis, and we are proud to welcome her home.”

Experience in UC system Within the University of California system, Croughan served as executive director of the Research Grants Program Office at the UC Office of the President from 2010 to 2017. There she oversaw seven grant programs to develop and implement UC’s intramural research strategic vision, as well as overseeing research funds for the state of California. From 1987 to 2010, Croughan served as a faculty member at UC San Francisco in the School of Medicine. During her time with UCSF, she co-directed a required course in epidemiology and biostatistics and won multiple teaching awards, including the Academic Senate’s Distinguished Teaching Award.

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